Past events
Appropriate Dispute Resolution in Asia: The Singapore Approach
London
Chair: Hamish Lal
Speakers: Justice Philip Jeyaretnam, President of the Singapore International Commercial Court & Judge of the High Court of Singapore
Venue: 12 Bloomsbury Square, London, WC1A 2LP
The Effect of Construction Operations on Interests in Land
London
Chair: Mr Justice Eyre, Technology and Construction Court
Speakers: David Sawtell FCIArb PhD
Venue: National Liberal Club, 1 Whitehall Pl, Westminster, London SW1A 2HE
SCL HK One Day International Conference 2024
Overseas
Venue: Hong Kong Football Club, 3 Sports Road, Happy Valley, Hong Kong
SCL Astra International Conference 2024
Overseas
Venue: Milan, Italy
ESCL Webinar on Construction Law
Online
Moderator: Roberto Panetta, Vice Chair ESCL
Speakers: Dr Florian Englert, Englert Legal, Germany
The SCL Lunch in Bristol
South West
Speakers: Nigel Owens MBE, Welsh Rugby Referee
Venue: Bristol Harbour Hotel, 55 Corn Street, Bristol BS1 1HT
ESCL Conference 2024
Overseas
AI & Construction Law
London
Speakers: Mr Justice Waksman, Mrs Joanna Smith, Martha Tsigkari, Jim Johnson, Pedro Rente Lourenco & Peter Brogden
Venue: The Rolls Building, Second Floor, Fetter Lane, London EC4A 1NL
Lessons from Grenfell: Functional Requirements or Prescriptive Rules?
London
Chair: Jessica Tresham, Partner at Gowling WLG
Speakers: Richard Millett KC, Essex Court Chambers and Lead Counsel to the Grenfell Inquiry. Panel: Mario Lara Ledermann – Fire Engineer at Halliwells Fire Research, Jennie Gillies - 4 Pump Court and member of the TCC Building Safety Working Party , Jason Bagge – Architect, JS Held
Venue: National Liberal Club, 1 Whitehall Pl, Westminster, London SW1A 2HE
The Supreme Court proceedings in Abbey Healthcare (Mill Hill) Limited v Simply Construct (UK) LLP
Birmingham
Chair: Michael Bennett
Speakers: Anneliese Day KC (Fountain Court Chambers) and Michele De Gregorio (Crown Office Chambers)
Venue: Mills and Reeve, One Centenary Way, Birmingham
Comparative Law Webinar
Online
Chair: Rebecca Shorter (SCL UK Chair)
Speakers: Walied Abdeldayem & Ewen Maclean
Quarterly Case law update
Online
Chair: Jessica Neuberger
Speakers: Richard Wilmot-Smith KC, 39 Essex Chambers
Procurement Act 2023: what you need to know
Wales
Chair: Kate Howell
Speakers: Simon Taylor - Keating Chambers and Tomos Lewis - Blake Morgan LLP
Venue: Blake Morgan LLP, One Central Square, Cardiff CF10 1FS
Ask the Adjudicator: An interactive Q&A session with a barrister, solicitor and non-lawyer adjudicator
London
Chair: James Frampton
Speakers: Krista Lee KC (Keating Chambers), Peter Stockill (Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP), Caroline McDermott (Turner & Townsend)
Venue: Keating Chambers, 15 Essex St, Temple, London WC2R 3AA
THE GREAT DEBATE - What one change would you make to the Construction Contracts Act 2013 or adjudication practice?
Ireland
Chair: Bernard Gogarty Smyth & Son, Chair Minister’s Panel of Adjudicators
Speakers: Deirdre Hennessy, BAM Contractors Ltd; Dan Daye, McCauley Daye O’Connell Architects; Orla Fitz.Gerald, Fitz.Gerald Associates Architects & Dispute Resolution; Andrew McVea, Byrne Wallace; Catherine Needham BL, the Bar of Ireland; Éamonn Conlon SC
Venue: Byrne Walace LLP, 88 Harcourt Street, Dublin 2 D02 DK18
The SCL Lunch in Leeds
Leeds
Speakers: Frances Davies & Janette Benaddi, Yorkshire Rows
Venue: The Queens Hotel, City Square, Leeds LS1 1PJ
Going Nuclear: the future of nuclear power in the UK and internationally
London
Chair: Rebecca Shorter, Chair of SCL
Speakers: Ian Salter, Partner, Burgess Salmon, Daniel Garton, Partner, A&O Shearman and Simon Wilcock, Senior Underwriter at Nuclear Risk Insurers
Venue: National Liberal Club, 1 Whitehall Pl, Westminster, London SW1A 2HE
SCL Astra Summer Boat Trip
London
Venue: Festival Pier, London
Construction Law Conference
South West
Chair: Jonathan Spencer, Simmons & Simmons LLP
Speakers: Mr Justice Waksman : Opening remarks from the Judge in charge of the TCC; Kelly Stricklin-Coutinho – 39 Essex Chambers: “Mediating multi-party construction disputes”; Dave Pope, Ridge and Partners: “Structural Engineering Failures: Causes and Lessons Learned”; David Streatfeild–James KC, Atkin Chambers: : “The Energy Transition and Renewables: what’s law got to do with it?”
Venue: Simmons & Simmons LLP, Aurora, Finzels Reach, Counterslip, Bristol BS1 6BX
Summer Drinks and Networking Event
Ireland
Venue: Arthur Cox, Ten Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin D02 T380
The SCL NA 2024 Conference
Overseas
The Inaugural SCL Lunch in Cambridge
Eastern
Speakers: Sir Rupert Jackson
Venue: Trinity Hall, Trinity Lane, Cambridge CB2 1TJ
The lesser of two evils? A comparative analysis of how common law jurisdictions approach accrual of causes of action in negligence post-Pirelli
London
Chair: Lauren Adams, Chair of the Hudson Prize Judging Committee
Speakers: William Haslam, Pupil Barrister, Atkin Chambers
Venue: National Liberal Club, 1 Whitehall Pl, Westminster, London SW1A 2HE
Application of AI in Construction Law
Kent
Chair: Jane Ryland - Kent Region Co-ordinator of Society of Construction Law
Speakers: Peter Brogden, Keating Chambers
Venue: One Warwick Park Hotel, 1 Warwick Park, Tunbridge Wells, TN2 5TA
SCL Astra Breakfast Seminar
London, Online
Speakers: Mario Lara Ledermann